Had something nice in the post yesterday...
May 25, 2016 9:53:28 GMT
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Post by walkingdecay on May 25, 2016 9:53:28 GMT
...a Pilgrim Redwood mandolin by Vintage. I played one last year and realised it would fill a gap between my two main mandolins, a Kentucky A style with a pleasant but rather glassy sound and a Moondog F style which I keep set up for jazz.
All solid spruce and maple, supposedly has a "burr walnut" finish, but looks nothing like it does in Vintage's photos - I like the look all the same. There was no set up and I had to restring because the strings on it had obviously seen service as fence wire on a dairy farm in the 1930s.
Here's a brief sample from my first go. Pilgrim mandolin
It's a bit stiff and needs a bit more adjustment, but I think we're going to get on. I've already given it an affectionate nickname: "The new one."
All solid spruce and maple, supposedly has a "burr walnut" finish, but looks nothing like it does in Vintage's photos - I like the look all the same. There was no set up and I had to restring because the strings on it had obviously seen service as fence wire on a dairy farm in the 1930s.
Here's a brief sample from my first go. Pilgrim mandolin
It's a bit stiff and needs a bit more adjustment, but I think we're going to get on. I've already given it an affectionate nickname: "The new one."
Jo whoever he is.
